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Show GREAT , BUT NEVER NEVERCffiEF NEVERCHIEF NEVERCHIEF CffiEF CHIEF EXECUTIVESLong EXECUTIVES EXECUTIVESLong . Long List of Presidents of ofContinental ofContinental ofContinental Continental Congress Congrcss . The firf first llrst > t President of the United UnitedI UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates I States was George Wa WashingtonThat Washington WashingtonThat ] l1Dgton l1DgtonThat That office ofilce was created created'by createdby createdlby I ' by the Con Constitutlon Constitutlon Constitutlon stitutlon , , and nnd nntl he be was wns tlie the Hrst first m'ln mln man m'lnto manto mmto ' to occupy it . 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The President of the theContinent'll theContinental theContinentil Continent'll Continentll Continental ' cong're congre congre&s congres congress ' & s corresponllpll corresponded corresponllpllroughly correspondedroughly correspondedroughly roughly , in his hlS functions , to the Viet Vice VicePresident VicePresident > Presldent President of the present prccent ; ' government g'overnment governmentthe g'overnmentthe -the the - the pre president ldent of the o : ; senate ( > nate lIe lIehad liehad liehad had some powers , delcgited deeg'lted deeglted delegated ] ' to him himfrom himfrom himfrom from time to time , , beyond those thoe ' ) of ofthe ofthe ofthe the presiding officer of a u Icglslnthpbody leglslathebody legislative Icglslnthp leglslathe legislativebody body . Here Is a list of the presidents presldent'3 presldent3 ' of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Continental congress , with the thedate thedate thedate date of the election e'cUon ecUon ] ( ' of eachPeyton oich c'lch clch each ' ' . Pcyton Peyton Randolph of Vlr Virglnli Virginia inh , September Sep SeptemhCr September temhCr tember ! 5 , 1784 ; Henry l\lIddleton l lIddleton Middleton \ MIddleton.South MIddletonSouth , . South Carolim Carolill'1 Carolill1 Carolina ' , , October 22 . , 1774 ; Peyton Randolph ( again ngan [ ) . , May 10 10,1775 101775 , 1775 ; John Hancock of 1\fass'lchu 1 fass'lchu fasslchu Massachu 1fass'lchusetts Massachusetts \ Mnssichusetts ' setts . , May 24 , 1775 ; Henry Laurens LaurensSouth , I South Carolina , November Nmember 1 , 1777 ; ! John Jay Ja , ' \ New l\ew l ew York , December Decemher 10 10,1778 101778 , 1778 ; Samuel Huntln Huntlnsrton Huntington ton , Connect Connecti Connecticut Connectcut ! ! cut , September 28 , 1770 177f 177'1 1771 177'1'Thomas 1770Thomas ) ' ' Thomas 'Thomas homas McKein IcKe'ln IcKeln McFean ' , , Delaware DeJu"are DeJuare " , , 1ulv Tuly 7ulv10 10 , 1781 ; John Hinson H'tDson HtDson Hanson ' , , Mar3lint Mar Iar ) hnd hndNovember lindNovember ] November 5 , 1781 ; ; Elias DUas Buns Boudmot Boudinot BoudinotNew , New Jersey , November 4 , 1782 ; Thomas Mifflin Mlffhn , Pennsylvania , No Nowember Nov \ ember wember 3 , 1783 ; R H Lee , Vlrgl Virginia VirginiaNovember 1a , November 30 , 1784 1754 ; : John H'1.ncock H1.ncock H1ncock Hancock H'1.ncockagam Hancockagain Hincockagain ' . ( agam again ) , November Noyember 23 , 178 1785 ; : ; Nathan lei Gorham Gorbam , MI\1CbU MI 1CbU Mf5s Ma \ , ) < mchuset , ) ' ' cbuet $ ( 1780 t78G 1786 ; Arthur bt St Clair , peg PeQ p ? . 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